Improvement in gas-faucets



W. A. WALES.

'GAS-FAUCET. No. 180,397. Patented July 25,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

\VILLIAM A. WALES, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAS-FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,397, dated July 25,1876; application filed May 26, 1876;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. WALES, of Jersey City, in the State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Automatically-OlosingGras-Faucet; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawing, making part of this specification, in which Figurelis a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation in the oppositedirection. Fig. 3 is an elevation, showing a modification for use withan electric lighting apparatus.

It is, in factories and elsewhere, a source of great wastage of gas thatemployes, in using the blow-pipe, sealing packages, entering darkwater-closets, 850., leave the gas burning when it is not being actuallyutilized for purposes in the arts, or for purposes of illumination,because they forget to turn it off, or neglect to do so at the momentits uses cease.

The object of my invention is to avoid this wastage, and overcome thisdifiieulty by providing a burner which is supplied with anautomatically-closing faucet, which will shutoff the supply of gas atthe moment the persons fingers release the handle of the faucet, thuspreventing such persons who momentarily use the gas for lighting cigars,using the blowpipe, or for any other purpose, from allowing the gas tocontinue to burn after its actual use has ended.

My invention consists in an automaticallyclosing gas-faucet, the valvebeing opened by the fingers, or otherwise, and closed by the action of aspring, or other device which will shut off the gas.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is a gas'burner of ordinary generalconstruction, and provided with the rotary globe-valve B, having ahandle, 0. Upon the shank of the valve B, adjacent to the handle (3, andbetween it and the bulb of the burner A, is rigidly secured a disk, at,with a diameter about equal to the breadth of the handle 0. A spring,I), is coiled around the valve-shank, between the disk at and the bulbof the burner, one end being fastened to the disk, and the other end tothe bulb, so that the distention of the spring keeps the valve closed,as seen in Fig. 1.

Opening the valve by turning the handle 0 compresses the spring b, andthe instant the handle is released the spring,in uneoiling, closes thevalve.

Thus it will be seen that it is impossible to continue the flow of gasafter the hand has released the handle of the valve.

In Figs. 2 and 3 I show adaptations of my improved valve applied to theHinds improved electrical lighting apparatus, applied as follows: Aroundthe burner Ais a collar, D, with projecting lugs 73 1'. Rising from andinsulated within the lug i is a platinumrpointed conductor, E,terminating adjacent to the opening a in the burner-tip. Iivoted to thelugiis a movable platinum-tipped conductor, F, having at its lowerend aweighted pawl, q, projecting over the valve-handle 0. Through a holeinthe end of the pawl q is a movable pin,

'5, having its upper end fixed in one end of a spring, h, which has itsother end fixed to F at 0. The pin is beveled at its lower end on theside opposite the direction in which the handle 0 turns, and the pointis slightly rounded off. The end an of the handle 0 is beveled in bothdirections, as seen in Fig. 2, and the point slightly rounded ott.

The operation with this modification is as follows to light the gas:Upon turning the 'handle 0. the end at comes in contact with the pin 1',which forces it u| ward and forward, and with it the conductor F, untilits tip comes sufiiciently near the tip of electrode E, when a sparkpasses,and the gas is ignited. If the end m of handle 0 passes beyondpin 3, the bevel on the end of said pin and the bevel on the end ofhandle 0 allows the pin to be forced up to close the valve by theextraction of the spring I).

I do not claim any invention of the electrical lighting device shown,having merely adapted it to my improved automatically-closing valve;but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- The burner Aand globe-valve handle 0, in combination with a spring, I), and disk a,sub stantially as described.

WILLIAM A. WALES.

Witnesses:

J. Wnsr WAGNER E. J. MORRiLL.

